Do septum piercings stretch over time?

Question

I've been considering getting my septum pierced for a while now. There are a lot of piercing gone wrong stories and stories about people intentionally stretching their septum out. But I ran into a story (that I can't seem to find again) about the jewelry feeling loose and the septum naturally stretching out after a couple of weeks.

Does that usually happen? Has that happened to you or anyone you know?

Answer 1

That doesn't happen very often unless people are wearing really heavy jewelry.

Answer 2

Nope, people usually stretch it to fit a larger guage. It didn't happen to me!

Answer 3

It basically depends on individual. I stretched mine up a size or two over a few months and it's rather stretchy now (As i ready for the next stretch). If you do not stretch it, I doubt self-stretch.

Goodluck.

Answer 4

Well yes, that has happened to me. It's not really really loose so to speak, it's more- well, the bar moves around very easily in my septum. If you think about it, the septum hangs down, so the weight of your jewerelly will naturally stretch it out a bit. It's not really a huge problem. You could get really light jewellery for your septum so theres not so much of a weight problem- and you could downsize from time to time to tighten the piercing up. Im not really bothered that mine has got a bit looser, its not like you can see it or like your nose hangs down. But obv, if you were to have a problem with it, the things ive mention could help fix it.